The international community, Israel’s security narrative and the two-state paradigm |
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu might project being vindicated after the recent mass shooting at Bondi Beach, which claimed the lives of 15 Jewish people celebrating Hanukkah on Sunday. When Australia announced it would recognise a Palestinian state, Netanyahu wrote to Prime Minister Albanese stating that recognition furthers antisemitism and rewards Hamas terror. After the recent shooting, of course, Netanyahu found the perfect opportunity to rehash the conflated rhetoric. In a statement, Netanyahu called the Australian government weak. “You let the disease spread and the result is the horrific attacks on Jews we saw today.”
Albanese’s reply was simple – there is no link between Australia’s recognition of Palestine and the mass shooting at Bondi Beach. “Overwhelmingly, most of the world recognises a two-state solution as being the way forward in the Middle East,” he stated.
Of course, the two-state paradigm will not be the way forward in the Middle East – it........